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I just rebased my driver (imds2) to today's master branch on GitHub in order to push my changes and I got a bad surprise: my "tiny" project to compile just my driver doesn't work anymore. I guess it has something to do with the recent switch to genie. Basically, I changed my tiny-like makefile to lua script but the same error I got in linking stage a few weeks ago resurfaced:

flopimg.c:(.text+0x2b5f): undefined reference to `pool_free_lib(object_pool*)'
../../../../linux64_gcc/bin/x64/libformats64.a(flopimg.o): In function `floppy_open_internal(void*, io_procs const*, char const*, FloppyFormat const*, int, int, floppy_image_legacy**, int*)':
flopimg.c:(.text+0x2c6b): undefined reference to `pool_alloc_lib(void (*)(char const*))'
... etc ...

When I was using makefiles I included something like:
DRVLIBS = \
$(OBJ)/emu/drivers/emudummy.o \
$(OBJ)/lib/util/opresolv.o

to solve the problem (basing on info gathered on this forum).
But I'm not an expert at all in either genie or lua, so: how do I achieve the same thing in the lua script?

Thanks a lot.

-- F.Ulivi

A few questions regarding these compile options posted above:


1) I assume "USE_OPENGL=1" isn't necessary for linux builds?
2) What does "avx=1" and "USE_NETWORK=1" do for the build?
3) Can someone confirm that it's sufficient to just use: make -j9 TARGET=mess for a build that maximizes the features of an x64 linux/haswell platform?

Thanks. The makefile itself isn't too descriptive about these compile options and I don't believe they're documented anywhere else atm.

1) Nope. I don't believe it's necessary for win32 (non-SDL) builds either, now.
2) USE_NETWORK enables use of a tap/tun device (Linux) or pcap (Win32 or OS X) to create a network connection, allowing emulated systems to connect to your local network. Note that pcap can slow MESS down a fair bit when in use. Tap/tun devices do not though, so you should be fine there. I believe it is also now enabled by default. AVX, I think, allows for the binary to be optimised using that set of CPU instructions, only enable it if your CPU supports it.
3) Should do. 64-bit should be auto-detected.

Thanks, Barry. Now that you mention it, AVX is supported with Haswell (and a host of other CPUs). I guess I'll use that one, but I'm not sure if there are any other extensions I should turn on to squeeze out even more performance. It would be great if it could auto-detect the CPU and add the correct extensions automatically, but I'm sure there are reasons it doesn't or can't.

Hi,

I know messui is not supported and that qmc2 is recommended, but I have need to compile a new .161 messui. I am using the mame .161 source and the messui .161 source [http://messui.1emulation.com/]


I am unable to create the ui version:

my make command:
make -j7 TOOLS=1 Target=mess OSD=messui PTR64=1

Unsupported value 'winui' for OSD
stack traceback:
[C]: in function 'error'
C:/buildtools/src/mess/scripts/genie.lua:1087: in main chunk
[C]: in upvalue 'builtin_dofile'
[string "premake = { }..."]:67: in function 'dofile'
[string "_WORKING_DIR = os.getcwd()..."]:41: in function '_premake_main'
makefile:665: recipe for target 'build/projects/winui/mess/gmake-mingw64-gcc/Makefile' failed
make: *** [build/projects/winui/mess/gmake-mingw64-gcc/Makefile] Error 1


while unsupported here hoping someone will be kind enough to give me the correct command/syntax. Many thanks!

I think 'Target' should be 'TARGET'.

Since you specified 'OSD=messui' i don't know why it says 'winui' is unsupported, since you didn't say 'winui'. Unfortunately, the rest of the error message is meaningless.

Also, I haven't tested if TOOLS=1 works, maybe you should leave it out and see if it makes any difference.

If it still doesn't work, I'd suggest to continue this on the official messui forum, as discussion of it is frowned upon here.

thanks robbbert
with TARGET in CAPS - I now get "C:/buildtools/src/mess/scripts/genie.lua:1087: Unsupported value 'messui' for OSD"


where is official mess forum?

the official MESS forum is the one you are posting into... problem is that messui is not officially supported since a couple of years

I assume you mean official messui forum...
http://www.1emulation.com/forums/forum/125-messui/
you'll need to register.

Getting the following error when I try to build from latest:



Any ideas?